Senior Scala Engineer

• Full-time

• Remote work available

• Department: Engineering

• Location: United Kingdom

Company Overview

A global software provider focused on improving productivity and employee experience within manufacturing environments. The company builds solutions centered on frontline workers, combining modern software with operational expertise to help production, maintenance, and quality teams collaborate more effectively. Customers consistently see significant productivity improvements in a short period of time. The platform is used across thousands of manufacturing plants worldwide, supporting hundreds of thousands of users.

Role Overview

This is a full-time, direct-hire position. Candidates must be currently located in the UK. Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not available.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a Scala-based API backend supporting manufacturing frontline teams

• Design, build, and enhance manufacturing workflows within web applications

• Deliver committed sprint work aligned with business objectives

• Leverage modern Scala and backend technologies to maintain a competitive platform

• Act as a subject matter expert during production incidents to resolve customer issues efficiently

• Participate in technical discussions and forums to contribute ideas beyond sprint work

• Collaborate closely with teammates to help the wider business achieve its goals

• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Scala in production environments

Technical Skills

• Backend Development: Scala, API-first design (OpenAPI)

• Functional & Async Programming: Cats Effect and functional Scala patterns

• Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Kafka (Avro), transactional data access

• APIs & Services: Versioned APIs and service integration

• Testing & Code Quality: Unit and integration testing, observable and maintainable code

• DevOps & Cloud: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD pipelines

• Engineering Practices: Trunk-based development, feature flags, refactoring legacy systems